Four State Stockyards Market Report

Exeter, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 9, 2025

3,220 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $410.07/cwt +6.61 vs last sale · ≈ $2,548/hd at 621 lb · 175 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $448.68/cwt +31.89 vs last sale · ≈ $2,531/hd at 564 lb · 168 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $497.56/cwt +39.83 vs last sale · ≈ $2,130/hd at 428 lb · 155 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	3,220	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–291	285	12	595.00–622.00	$605.38	$1,725	—
305–348	339	5	525.00–600.00	$538.48	$1,825	+54.51
352–394	366	31	495.00–570.00	$538.63	$1,971	+85.02
402–445	428	155	470.00–542.00	$497.56	$2,130	+39.83
450–488	472	42	462.50–525.00	$483.79	$2,283	+38.04
503–540	523	120	426.00–475.00	$435.27	$2,276	+0.48
551–591	564	168	416.00–474.00	$448.68	$2,531	+31.89
600–646	620	135	390.00–421.00	$404.76	$2,510	+1.30
626 fancy	626	40	428.00	$428.00	$2,679	—
650–690	659	130	377.00–392.00	$382.54	$2,521	+4.89
712–729	721	151	351.25–357.00	$352.92	$2,545	-0.08
750–751	750	29	343.00–367.00	$350.46	$2,628	—
812	812	8	334.00	$334.00	$2,712	—
969	969	8	309.00	$309.00	$2,994	—
1000	1000	11	301.00	$301.00	$3,010	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262–292	284	22	502.00–537.50	$510.61	$1,450	+40.61
302–342	320	10	492.50–515.00	$503.46	$1,611	+66.46
369–395	383	23	405.00–485.00	$448.15	$1,716	+22.93
400–448	427	102	440.00–467.50	$456.75	$1,950	+28.81
450–494	479	40	410.00–462.00	$444.37	$2,129	+32.82
522–546	540	50	400.00–420.00	$404.28	$2,183	+12.66
552	552	8	409.00	$409.00	$2,258	+11.20
557–588 unweaned	566	21	410.00–416.00	$414.22	$2,344	—
601–622	608	48	370.00–387.00	$376.59	$2,290	+16.45
600–648 unweaned	627	7	365.00–370.00	$367.05	$2,301	—
653–686	672	72	350.00–369.00	$355.81	$2,391	+13.22
700–725	716	29	345.00	$345.00	$2,470	+9.00
766–795	793	109	324.00–325.00	$324.94	$2,577	—
842	842	3	312.00	$312.00	$2,627	—
852–862	859	11	320.00–321.00	$320.73	$2,755	—
916–927	926	142	310.50–315.75	$315.38	$2,920	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–420	419	28	405.00–415.00	$406.06	$1,701	+10.06
477	477	3	400.00	$400.00	$1,908	—
520	520	10	392.00	$392.00	$2,038	+26.67
568–598	592	20	370.00–380.00	$375.68	$2,224	—
615–628	624	11	330.00–355.00	$348.29	$2,173	-1.71
660	660	5	340.00	$340.00	$2,244	-1.60
756	756	4	307.00	$307.00	$2,321	—
885	885	13	300.00	$300.00	$2,655	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	11	370.00	$370.00	$2,202	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	8	333.00	$333.00	$1,738	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
732	732	3	354.00	$354.00	$2,591	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
242	242	5	495.00	$495.00	$1,198	—
285	285	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,439	+53.00
316–348	330	14	485.00–522.00	$498.79	$1,646	+81.71
335–348 unweaned	340	12	430.00–442.50	$435.32	$1,480	—
350–398	369	50	427.50–500.00	$450.93	$1,664	+25.93
400–446	414	69	428.00–481.00	$451.75	$1,870	+40.54
418–430 unweaned	423	9	420.00–430.00	$425.78	$1,801	—
450 unweaned	450	12	430.00	$430.00	$1,935	+39.56
455 fancy	455	13	449.00	$449.00	$2,043	—
455–496	478	38	400.00–447.50	$424.41	$2,029	+20.51
513 unweaned	513	3	407.50	$407.50	$2,090	—
500–530	514	88	390.00–415.00	$394.32	$2,027	+2.92
616–638	619	25	350.50–356.00	$351.18	$2,174	-10.82
782	782	6	321.00	$321.00	$2,510	—
839	839	7	297.00	$297.00	$2,492	—
912	912	10	289.00	$289.00	$2,636	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	3	342.50	$342.50	$1,137	-37.50
490–493	492	8	350.00–385.00	$371.93	$1,830	+33.43
534–540	536	16	330.00–350.00	$338.10	$1,812	+17.70
562 unweaned	562	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,911	—
557–591	571	109	329.00–349.00	$336.80	$1,923	+7.30
571–583	575	16	325.00–330.00	$326.58	$1,878	-2.92
603	603	3	322.00	$322.00	$1,942	-6.01
628–645	641	47	305.00–328.00	$316.60	$2,029	-11.41
654–670	659	64	310.50–330.50	$323.11	$2,129	+3.11
700	700	3	290.00	$290.00	$2,030	-30.00
708–733	728	24	305.00–309.50	$308.59	$2,247	+8.59
797	797	5	300.00	$300.00	$2,391	—
802	802	2	301.00	$301.00	$2,414	+3.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423–449	436	21	380.00–415.00	$400.45	$1,746	+17.50
467–486	477	11	387.50–415.00	$398.13	$1,899	+21.98
480–495 unweaned	486	10	395.00–402.00	$399.15	$1,940	+20.15
501–542	523	87	350.00–385.00	$373.42	$1,953	+0.96
567	567	3	355.00	$355.00	$2,013	-2.00
609	609	4	336.00	$336.00	$2,046	-7.87
605–631	619	45	329.00–329.50	$329.19	$2,038	-14.68
676	676	20	340.00	$340.00	$2,298	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	23	337.00	$337.00	$1,095	—
449	449	31	310.00	$310.00	$1,392	—
552	552	15	314.00	$314.00	$1,733	—
697	697	15	270.50	$270.50	$1,885	—
893	893	3	230.00	$230.00	$2,054	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620–631	628	12	300.00–310.00	$307.53	$1,931	—
783	783	3	270.00	$270.00	$2,114	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
587	587	5	315.00	$315.00	$1,849	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,045	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469–498	485	11	400.00–430.00	$416.16	$2,018	+36.16
580–597	587	17	362.00–390.00	$379.76	$2,229	+4.76
607–620	615	18	320.00–370.00	$354.61	$2,181	+14.61
650–696	681	9	306.00–361.00	$323.51	$2,203	—
700 unweaned	700	3	324.00	$324.00	$2,268	—
712	712	3	310.00	$310.00	$2,207	-12.02
750	750	6	320.00	$320.00	$2,400	—
808–834	824	8	299.00–300.00	$299.37	$2,467	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	3	545.00	$545.00	$1,864	—
415–446	433	11	445.00–495.00	$480.53	$2,081	+38.53
454–499	469	24	432.00–485.00	$456.78	$2,142	—
508–524	518	22	410.00–435.00	$429.13	$2,223	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563	563	5	331.00	$331.00	$1,864	—
732	732	3	307.00	$307.00	$2,247	—
773	773	18	311.50	$311.50	$2,408	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
648	648	6	280.00	$280.00	$1,814	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1310	1154	80-85%	11	159.00–169.00	$161.60	$1,865	-2.40
995–1390	1187	80-85%	44	139.00–159.00	$149.25	$1,772	-14.75
1365–1380	1373	80-85%	2	135.00–137.00	$136.01	$1,867	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1183	974	85-90%	17	109.00–121.00	$112.17	$1,093	—
865–1148	1011	85-90%	6	80.00–95.00	$84.48	$854	—
970–1150	1055	85-90%	23	123.00–144.00	$134.61	$1,420	+4.28

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1735	1483	75-80%	19	150.00–161.50	$156.98	$2,328	—
1340–1765	1557	75-80%	7	164.50–176.00	$168.00	$2,616	+7.19

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1705	1460	6	154.00–162.00	$158.70	$2,317	-1.30
1310–2095	1675	16	173.00–205.00	$185.44	$3,106	-6.87
1230–2065	1722	3	208.00–210.00	$209.28	$3,604	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1036–1190	1058	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	200.00–211.00	$209.23	$2,214
1070	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,461

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–895	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,100.00–2,550.00	$2,321.16
1025–1185	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,200.00–2,625.00	$2,348.81
885–1495	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	2,200.00–2,850.00	$2,587.73
1168	1168	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,425.00	$2,425.00
1100–1365	1233	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,800.00–2,925.00	$2,855.78
1160–1510	1296	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	2,325.00–2,675.00	$2,609.52

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350–1400	1375	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,200.00–3,475.00	$3,337.50	—
1400	1400	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	-750.00
1300–1600	1450	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	3,150.00–3,300.00	$3,225.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,400.00	$3,400.00	—
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—
1200–1250	1233	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	2,475.00–3,000.00	$2,825.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.